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DTXT_TITLE: Thomas Watson Jr. - Announcement of the IBM System/360 (1964) DOC_TYPE: Image ARCHIV: 1000 FIL_ID: 50807953 FIL_ORG: 84978.jpg FIL_EXT: jpg FIL_WIDTH: 1890 FIL_HEIGHT: 2829 FIL_RES: 72 FIL_SIZE: 1058675 FIL_COLOR: GRAY FIL_ROTATE: FIL_CLIP: FIL_CROP: FIL_IMG: FIL_PATH: DOC_SPERRVERMERK: DOC_INPUT: 11-01-2006 13:59:16 DOC_UPDATE: 08-07-2008 12:05:56 DOC_STATUS: 4 DOC_KATALOG: 1 DOC_SPERR: 1 BESCHREIBUNG: Thomas J. Watson, Jr., was chairman and chief executive officer during IBM's most explosive period of growth. He led the company from the age of mechanical tabulators and typewriters into the computer era. During his leadership, IBM grew from a medium-sized business to one of the dozen largest industrial corporations in the world. When Mr. Watson became Chief Executive Officer in 1956, IBM employed 72,500 people and had a gross income of $892 million. When he stepped down in 1971, employees numbered more than 270,000 and gross revenue was $8.3 billion. In January 1952 he was elected president of the company. In May 1956 Mr. Watson was made chief executive officer and he was elected chairman of the board in May 1961. Mr. Watson stepped down as chairman and CEO in 1971, a year after suffering a heart attack. He remained a member of IBM's board of directors until 1984, taking time out from 1979 to 1981 to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union. Thomas J. Watson, Jr., died in Greenwich, Conn., on December 31, 1993 of complications following a stroke. He was 79. On April 7, 1964, Tom Watson stood before 200 reporters and others at IBM's manufacturing facility in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and presented the new IBM System/360 as "the most important product announcement in company history." The "compass" product logo, which represented the mainframe's revolutionary compatibility, is prominently displayed. While Watson, seen here, was making the announcement in Poughkeepsie, IBM also held press conferences in 63 U.S. cities and 14 countries. BU: RUBRIK: IBM Manager und Mitarbeiter BILDART: Portrait IBM_NUMMER: 84978 FARBE: sw FORMAT: Hoch ORIGINAL: Digital BILDRECHTE: IBM BILDQUELLE: https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/watsonjr/watsonjr_PH09.html EINGABE: Häßler EXPORTPATH: 29/images/50807953.jpg

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